by Cem Nizamoglu
This article describes the various cultural representations associated to cats in Islamic civilisation and shows examples of the respect, love and understanding with which cats were treated and regarded in Islamic history. This original attitude has developed throughout the history of Islam and crystallised in strong cultural and mystical dimensions, of which we find evident and numerous traces in Islamic art, science, medicine, zoology and so on...
This article describes the various cultural representations associated to cats in Islamic civilisation and shows examples of the respect, love and understanding with which cats were treated and regarded in Islamic history. This original attitude has developed throughout the history of Islam and crystallised in strong cultural and mystical dimensions, of which we find evident and numerous traces in Islamic art, science, medicine, zoology and so on...
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Acknowledgments: Professor Salim Al-Hassani, Margaret Morris, Dr. Salim Ayduz, Selcuk Nizamoglu, Elif Nizamoglu, Zeynep Esra Ergin …
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